Posted by: () on Sat Jun 12 11:41:04 2004

Coach C and Marcus,

Thanks for your reply, i went out to practice today and worked on initiating rotation simultaneously to my stride towards the pitcher. The result was a little dip in my consistency, but i hit the 3 farthest balls of the entire team BP. The power i felt upon contact was remarkable, and i also felt like my swing plane was better, perhaps this has to do with the earlier flex in my lower halfand consequent ability to adjust my upper half. Anyways, my point is that the weight shift deffinently helped my power, and i think the momentum does help your bat speed, just as long as you dont get carried away and lunge. Pujols is a great example, i would also site A-Rod as the other superstar who shows this technique the most.

Coach C, as for your point concerning the "trunk" i think that makes a lot of sense as whenever i try to swing with my legs i get a choppy snapping motion. I am a little confused about exactly what part of the body you are reffering to, i would assume you mean more the torso then the shoulders abs and chest but i could be wrong, could you clarify?

I too await what others think on this topic.

SRJ